Commission Regulation (EC) No 2217/1999 of 19 October 1999 reintroducing normal customs duties on certain flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for which a tariff ceiling was opened by Regulation (EC) No 273/98
Date: 1999-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, flat product, iron, restoration of customs duties, steel, tariff ceiling

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 270/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2217/1999

of 19 October 1999

reintroducing normal customs duties on certain flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel,
originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for which a tariff ceiling was opened by
Regulation (EC) No 273/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 77/98 of 9
January 1998 on certain procedures for applying the Co-
operation Agreement between the European Community and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1), and in partic-
ular Article 3(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 273/98 of 2 February
1998 opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings and estab-
lishing a Community surveillance of reference quantities
for certain products originating in the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (2), provides in its Article 2 an
exemption from customs duties in the framework of
tariff ceilings for the products listed in its Annex B.

Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 77/98 provides that
the Commission may, as soon as a tariff ceiling is
reached, adopt a regulation reintroducing, until the end
of the calendar year, the customs duties applicable to
third countries in respect of imports of the products
concerned.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Community surveillance provided by Article 2(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 273/98 has shown that preferential
imports of products in the framework of the tariff ceil-
ings with order Nos 25.0210 and 25.0230 have
exceeded these ceilings.

This situation is liable to cause serious damage to the
Community sector concerned and requires the reintro-
duction of normal customs duties.

The levying of normal customs duties for these products
should therefore be reintroduced,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 23 October until 31 December 1999, the levying of
normal customs duties shall be reintroduced on imports into
the Community of products listed in the Annex and originating
in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for which a
tariff ceiling was opened by Regulation (EC) No 273/98.

Article 2

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 October 1999.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 8, 14.1.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 27, 3.2.1998, p. 6.

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ANNEX

Order No

CN code (1)

Description

25.0210

7208

7208 10 00

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or
more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated:
– In coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief

(ECSC)

– Other,

in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, pickled:

7208 25 00

– – Of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more (ECSC)

7208 26 00

– – Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4,75 mm (ECSC)

7208 27 00

– – Of a thickness of less than 3 mm (ECSC)

– Other,

in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled:

7208 36 00

– – Of a thickness exceeding 10 mm (ECSC)

7208 37

– – Of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm:

7208 37 10

– – – Intended for re-rolling (ECSC) (2)

7208 37 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7208 38

– – Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4,75 mm:

7208 38 10

– – – Intended for re-rolling (ECSC) (2)

7208 38 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7208 39

– – Of a thickness of less than 3 mm:

7208 39 10

– – – Intended for re-rolling (ECSC) (2)

7208 39 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7211

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than
600 mm, not clad, plated or coated:

– Not further worked than hot-rolled:

7211 13 00

– – Rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding
150 mm and a thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and
without patterns in relief (ECSC)

7211 14

– – Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more:

ex 7211 14 10

– – – Of a width exceeding 500 mm (ECSC):

– (3)

7211 19

– – Other:

ex 7211 19 20

– – – Of a width exceeding 500 mm (ECSC):

– (3)

25.0230

7208

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or
more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated:

7208 40

– Not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in

relief:

7208 40 10

– – Of a thickness of 2 mm or more (ECSC)

7208 40 90

– – Of a thickness of less than 2 mm (ECSC)

– Other, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled:

7208 51

– – Of a thickness exceeding 10 mm:

– – – Other, of a thickness:

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Order No

CN code (1)

Description

25.0230
(cont'd)

7208 51 30
7208 51 50

– – – – Exceeding 20 mm (ECSC)

– – – – Exceeding 15 mm but not exceeding 20 mm (ECSC)

– – – – Exceeding 10 mm but not exceeding 15 mm, of a width of:

7208 51 91

– – – – – 2 050 mm or more (ECSC)

7208 51 99

– – – – Less than 2 050 mm (ECSC)

7208 52

– – Of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm:

– – – Other, of a width of:

7208 52 91

– – – – 2 050 mm or more (ECSC)

7208 52 99

– – – – Less than 2 050 mm (ECSC)

7208 53

– – Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4,75 mm:

7208 53 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7208 54

– – Of a thickness of less than 3 mm:

7208 54 10

– – – Of a thickness of 2 mm or more (ECSC)

7208 54 90

– – – Of a thickness of less than 2 mm (ECSC)

7208 90

– Other:

7208 90 10

– – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

7209

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or
more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced) not clad, plated or coated:

– In coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced):

7209 16

– – Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm:

7209 16 10

– – – ‘Electrical’ (ECSC)

7209 16 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7209 17

– – Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm:

7209 17 10

– – – ‘Electrical’ (ECSC)

7209 17 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7209 18

– – Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm:

7209 18 10

– – – ‘Electrical’ (ECSC)

– – – Other:

7209 18 91

– – – – Of a thickness of 0,35 mm or more but less than 0,5 mm

(ECSC)

7209 18 99

– – – – Of a thickness of less than 0,35 mm (ECSC)

– Not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced):

7209 26

– – Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm:

7209 26 10

– – – ‘Electrical’ (ECSC)

7209 26 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7209 27

– – Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm:

7209 27 10

– – – ‘Electrical’ (ECSC)

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Order No

CN code (1)

Description

25.0230

(cont'd)

7209 27 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7209 28

– – Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm:

7209 28 10

– – – ‘Electrical’ (ECSC)

7209 28 90

– – – Other (ECSC)

7209 90

– Other:

7209 90 10

– – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

7210

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or
more, clad, plated or coated:

– Plated or coated with tin:

7210 11

– – Of a thickness of 0,5 mm or more:

7210 11 10

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

7210 12

– – Of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm:

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square):

7210 12 11

– – – – Tinplate (ECSC)

7210 12 19

– – – – Other (ECSC)

7210 20

– Plated or coated with lead,

including terne-plate:

7210 20 10

– – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

7210 30

– Electrolytically plated or coated with zinc:

7210 30 10

– – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

– Otherwise plated or coated with zinc:

7210 41

– – Corrugated:

7210 41 10

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

7210 49

– – Other:

7210 49 10

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

7210 50

– Plated or coated with chromium oxides or with chromium and chro-

mium oxides:

7210 50 10

– – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

– Plated or coated with aluminium:

7210 61

– – Plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys:

7210 61 10

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

7210 69

– – Other:

7210 69 10

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square) (ECSC)

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Order No

CN code (1)

Description

25.0230

(cont'd)

7210 70

– Painted, varnished or coated with plastics:

– – Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes

other than rectangular (including square):

7210 70 31

– – – Tinplate and products, plated or coated with chromium oxides or
with chromium and chromium oxides, varnished (ECSC)

7210 70 39

– – – Other (ECSC)

7210 90

– Other:

– – Other:

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated,

including cladding, or
simply cut into shapes other than rectangular (including square):

7210 90 31

– – – – Clad (ECSC)

7210 90 33

– – – – Tinned and printed (ECSC)

7210 90 38

– – – – Other (ECSC)

7211

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than
600 mm, not clad, plated or coated:

– Not further worked than hot-rolled:

7211 14

– – Other, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more:

ex 7211 14 10

– – – Of a width exceeding 500 mm (ECSC):

– (4)

7211 19

– – Other:

ex 7211 19 20

– – – Of a width exceeding 500 mm (ECSC):

– (4)

– Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced):

7211 23

– – Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of carbon:

7211 23 10

– – – Of a width exceeding 500 mm (ECSC)

7211 29

– – Other:

7211 29 20

– – – Of a width exceeding 500 mm (ECSC)

7211 90

– Other:

– – Of a width exceeding 500 mm:

7211 90 11

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated (ECSC)

7212

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than
600 mm, clad, plated or coated:

7212 10

– Plated or coated with tin:

7212 10 10

– – Tin plate, not further worked than surface-treated (ECSC)

– – Other:

– – – Of a width exceeding 500 mm:

ex 7212 10 91

– – – – Not further worked than surface-treated (ECSC):

– (5)

7212 20

– Electrolytically plated or coated with zinc:

– – Of a width exceeding 500 mm:

7212 20 11

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated (ECSC)

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Order No

CN code (1)

Description

25.0230
(cont'd)

7212 30

– Otherwise plated or coated with zinc:

– – Of a width exceeding 500 mm:

7212 30 11

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated (ECSC)

7212 40

– Painted, varnished or coated with plastics:

7212 40 10

– – Tin plate, not further worked than varnished (ECSC)

– – Other:

– – – Of a width exceeding 500 mm:

7212 40 91

– – – – Not further worked than surface-treated (ECSC)

7212 50

– Otherwise plated or coated:

– – Of a width exceeding 500 mm:

– – – Other:

– – – – Not further worked than surface-treated:

7212 50 31

– – – – – Lead-coated (ECSC)

7212 50 51

– – – – – Other (ECSC)

7212 60

– Clad:

– – Of a width exceeding 500 mm:

7212 60 11

– – – Not further worked than surface-treated (ECSC)

(1) Where an ex CN code is mentioned, the Taric subdivisions are to be found at the end of this Annex.
(2) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.
(3) Products in coils, of a weight of 500 kg or more.
(4) Other than products in coils of a weight of 500 kg or more.
(5) Containing, by weight, not less than 0,6 % of carbon and having a content, by weight, less than 0,04 % of phosphorous and sulphur

taken separately and less than 0,07 % of these elements taken together.

Taric subdivisions

Order No

CN code

Taric subdivisions

25.0210

ex 7211 14 10

ex 7211 19 20

25.0230

ex 7211 14 10

ex 7211 19 20

ex 7212 10 91

12

91

12

14

91

18

19

99

13

15

17

18

99

10